IP Practice Areas

Intellectual Property (IPELS) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as:

Musical, literary, and artistic works

Symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce

Copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and related rights

Entertainment Law (IPELS) is a term for a mix of more traditional categories of law with a focus on providing legal services to the entertainment industry. The principal areas overlap substantially with the well-known and conventional fields of intellectual property. But generally speaking, the practice of Entertainment Law often involves questions of:

Employment law

Labor law

Immigration

Securities law

Securities interests

Agency law

Intellectual property

Insurance law

Sports Law (IPELS) is an umbrella term used to describe the legal issues at work in the world of both amateur and professional sports. Sports Law overlaps substantially with:

Labor law

Contract law

Antitrust law

Tort law

Issues like defamation and privacy rights are also an integral aspect of sports law. This area of law was established as a separate and important entity only a few decades ago, coinciding with the rise of player-agents and increased media scrutiny of sports law topics.